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We are pleased to announce our chapter officers for 2008. Please contact any of these board members for questions you might have, ways you could serve, or with your comments or suggestions. We are here to help!
Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity is a four-year, $105-million alliance between Thrivent Financial for Lutherans® and Habitat for Humanity® International designed to help provide a “hand up” to people who lack decent shelter. This national program will see local benefits in 2008 when the Henderson County Habitat Affiliate and the Central Blue Ridge NC Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans complete a home in partnership with low-income families in the Hendersonville area. Locally, our chapter and the Henderson County Habitat Affiliate will help with fund-raising and homebuilding. Lutherans and Thrivent Financial members will be needed to volunteer on the build site. Volunteer opportunities for this home will be announced over the next several months.
Some of the Care in Communities projects that your chapter has provided supplemental funding for over the last few months include a sloppy joe supper to benefit a handicapped boy scout troop, Taste of Hendersonville which benefits crisis services for Henderson County residents through Interfaith Assistance Ministry, school supplies for needy children in Asheville, Henderson County Hunger Walk which benefits the Hunger Coalition, a trip to the Billy Graham library, a handicap ramp, and playground equipment for Open Arms Preschool.
Did you know our chapter has an "All Thrivent" band? This band was the entertainment for the Habitat for Humanity Shrimp Boil held in September 2007 in Macon County. The band members are Dot Tari, keyboards; Reed Layne, acoustic guitar; Joe Barber, guitar and vocals; and James Wright, bass guitar. The band played a variety of pop and country music. We are proud to say that James Wright is our board records director and the chapter board supported the shrimp boil as a Care Abounds in Communities project. Thank you to all the band members and we hope to have a chance to hear you again!
Here are two events supported by area Lutherans that you might want to add to your holiday calendar.
This newsletter is written for you by volunteer leaders of your local Thrivent Financial for Lutherans chapter, and any views expressed are those of the writer. For questions, comments or to learn more about chapter activities in your area, please contact one of your chapter leaders, who are listed on our Web site at: www.thrivent.com/members. Just click on Information About My Chapter.
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